Whether you're spending it near or far from your friends and family, Christmas is the ultimate season of joy, goodwill and special moments. So it makes sense that you should be as happy as possible when Dec. 25 rolls around. If you need help remembering that, or counting your blessings, reading over some of the best quotes about the holiday could help you put things into perspective. That, and watching a feel-good Christmas movie marathon.
Christmas is more than just gift-giving and eating delicious food. But sometimes, during the holiday rush, we momentarily lose sight of the essence of the holiday. Remember, the first Christmas was a humble one and rooted in hope, love and peace. If you want to have the best holiday possible, you might try keeping that in mind — it definitely lifts your spirits.
To help capture the spirit of Christmas, we've put together a list of 50 Christmas quotes. There are some super sweet ones, nostalgic sayings, and much more to read over. Some are funny, too, because the season isn't complete without some laughs with your loved ones shared over Christmas activities and Christmas traditions. If you're looking for the perfect sentiment this season, read over these words and maybe commit some to memory.
The 50 Best Christmas Quotes
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- "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Charles Dickens
- "Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling." - Edna Ferber
- "The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." - Burton Hills
- "Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts." - Janice Maeditere
- "Christmas, my child, is love in action." - Dale Evans
- "Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white.'" - Bing Crosby
- "At Christmas, all roads lead home." - Marjorie Holmes
- "The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and of generosity and of goodness." - Thomas S. Monson
- "Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone." - Charles M. Schulz
- "Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends." - Margaret Thatcher
- "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful." - Norman Vincent Peale
- "Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." - Eric Sevareid
- "Christmas is the day that holds all time together." - Alexander Smith
- "My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others." - Bob Hope
- "The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear." - Will Ferrell, "Elf"
- "Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection." - Winston Churchill
- "Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving those of yesterday." - Gladys Taber
- "Christmas is the season of joy, of holiday greetings exchanged, of gift-giving, and of families united." - Norman Vincent Peale
- "Christmas is a tonic for our souls. It moves us to think of others rather than of ourselves. It directs our thoughts to giving." - B.C. Forbes
- "Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love." - Hamilton Wright Mabie
- "Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness." - Mo Rocca
- "I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old familiar carols play. And wild and sweet, the words repeat. Of peace on earth, goodwill to men." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- "Love the giver more than the gift." - Brigham Young
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- "Christmas isn't just a day. It's a frame of mind." - Valentine Davies, "Miracle on 34th Street"
- "He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree." - Roy L. Smith
- "Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most." - Ruth Carter Stapleton
- "The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live." - George Carlin
- "It's not what's under the Christmas tree that matters, but who's around it." - Charlie Brown, "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz
- "Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind." - Mary Ellen Chase
- "The world has grown weary through the years, but at Christmas, it is young." - Phillips Brooks
- "Every gift which is given, even though it be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection." - Pindar
- "I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another." - Carrie Fisher
- "Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever." - Richelle E. Goodrich
- "At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year." - Thomas Tusser
- "The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature." - Andy Rooney
- "The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school." - Alice Cooper
- "One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas Day. Don't clean it up too quickly." - Andy Rooney
- "There's a certain magic that comes with the very first snow. When the first snow is also a Christmas snow, well, something wonderful is bound to happen." - Frosty the Snowman
- "Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas." - Peg Bracken
- "Christmas is forever, not for just one day, for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away." - Norman Wesley Brooks
- "Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas." - Dale Evans
- "Christmas is not just a time for festivity and merrymaking. It is more than that. It is a time for the contemplation of eternal things." - Billy Graham
- "Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality." - Washington Irving
- "I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month." - Harlan Miller
- "The only blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart." - Helen Keller
- "Christmas is a time when you get homesick — even when you're home." - Carol Nelson
- "Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year — and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its voice has strong authority." - W.J. Cameron
- "Christmas is the season when you buy this year's gifts with next year's money." - Unknown
- "The best Christmas gift is to realize how much you already have." - Unknown
- "Christmas: it's the only time of year you can sit in front of a dead tree eating candy out of socks." - Unknown
